Let's Desensationalize Aokigahara

Two lists of International crisis hotlines if anyone is considering self harm:

http://ibpf.org/resource/list-international-suicide-hotlines

http://suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html

Resources of special focus for the LGBTQ+ community: http://www.suicidology.org/resources/lgbt

A piece on the Order by Megan Devine on Death Positivity and Suicide:

http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/deathxpert-opinion-death-positivity-and-suicide

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***LEARN MORE***

“Who Owns Aokigahara?”
https://gradland.wordpress.com/2018/01/02/who-owns-aokigahara/

“Inside Japan’s ‘Suicide Forest’”
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2011/06/26/general/inside-japans-suicide-forest/#.WmJvHlQ-fq1

“My Trip to Aokigahara…”
https://www.xojane.com/fun/aokigahara-suicide-forest-japan

“More than a “Suicide Forest”: Logan Paul, Aokigahara, and the Complicated Stigma of Suicide in Japan”
http://globalcomment.com/suicide-forest-logan-paul-aokigahara-complicated-stigma-suicide-japan/

“Aokigahara-jukai: Suicide and Amnesia in Mt. Fuji’s Black Forest”
https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/aokigahara-jukai-suicide-and-amnesia-in-mt-fuji-s-black-forest-Cfgfei0O22?articleList=%2Fsearch%3Fquery%3Daokigahara

“Inside Ubasute, the Legend of Abandoning Elderly in the Woods”
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/ubasute

“An Ethereal Forest Where Japanese Commit Suicide”
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/02/aokigahara-jukai-suicide-forest/

“How the Japanese Fought Suicide in the ‘Sea of Trees’”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/japan-suicide-logan-paul-youtube-vlogger-video-a8147516.html

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